Bezdek's axial-symmetry conjecture for plane sections of convex bodies

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Let K⊂R3K\subset \mathbb{R}^3 be a convex body. A plane section means the intersection of KK with an affine plane, and an axis of symmetry is a line in that plane whose reflection preserves the section. Bezdek's conjecture. If all plane sections of KK have an axis of symmetry, then KK is an ellipsoid or a body of revolution. This conjecture asks whether axial symmetry of every plane section forces one of these global forms; the supplied source gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Efrén Morales-Amaya, “Convex bodies with sections with hyperplanes of symmetry”, arXiv:2509.17326 (2025).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2501.06337, arXiv:2307.09585.

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